This is a very quiet time of the year when it comes to new music. Most major bands don’t start releasing material until February or March, so January can be seen as a reflective time. 2011′s Top 50 list took me quite a while to finish, but I must say that I’m pretty happy with [...]
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Ok, I know I’ve been super lazy, but it’s only because I’ve been super busy. Forgive me! Here’s part two of my end of the year thingamajig. Enjoy! 10) The Drums – The Drums Yes, I know there are haters out there. I know the band uses the same beat and gimmick over and over. [...]
As I’ve said before, this doesn’t make any sense. Locksley is the most talented group of musicians on stage that I have ever seen, yet they have no serious recognition aside from a few TV spots and an odd following in Tokyo. So let’s just run down some facts already: 1) Their two albums, Don’t [...]
The Vaccines are from London and are being hyped to absurd standards at the moment. It seems NME started this business, but all I can say is “Wow, they haven’t even really released anything yet.” At least the Strokes had the Modern Age EP to back up the “future of rock” claims (which were true, [...]
Molotov Jive has been around since 2003 and have released two albums, with the first sounding like the Beatles making garage rock, and the second sounding almost exactly like the Gaslight Anthem. So pretty much Swedish Locksley to Swedish Gaslight over the course of a few years. It’s all sounds good though, so who cares… [...]
Locksley, who are gonna BLOW UP any day now, were kind enough to do an interview for the site. Here’s what they had to say! How do your songs get written? Is it a collaborative effort or is there a musical mastermind behind it all? We have three songwriters, so everybody comes in with songs [...]
Sugarplum Fairy have a pretty girly name (even if it’s from a Beatles line). The name is probably fine in Sweden, where they’re from, but here it sounds a bit odd. Of course, this doesn’t detract from their music whatsoever, which is a solid garage rock in the likes of the Beatles and one of [...]
